Project Schedule Managment Study Guide
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1.
The longest path through the project that is made up of activities with zero float is known as:
a.
Critical path
2.
Which of the following is a technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project?
a.
Analogous estimating
3.
Which of the following allows activities to be done in parallel that would normally be done in sequence?
a.
Fast tracking
4.
The what-if scenario analysis technique is performed as part of which of the following processes?
a.
Control schedule
b.
Develop schedule
5.
The variance on the critical path has a direct impact on which of the following?
a.
Project end date
6.
Which technique provides high-level summary timeline of the release schedule (typically 3 to 6 months) for the product’s evolution based on the product vision?
a.
Agile release planning
7.
James is the project manager of a large construction project. After reviewing the performance of
the project, he decides to crash the project. What will be the outcome?
a.
It will increase the cost
8.
Understanding the types of logical relationships
a.
(was a diagram)
9.
As project manager, you have just produced a project schedule network diagram and have modified some project documents, such as the activity list, activity attributes, milestone list, and assumption log. Which of the following processes have you just completed?
a.
Sequence activities
10.
Identifying the define activities process inputs:
a.
Project management plan
b.
Organizational process assets
c.
Enterprise environmental factors
11.
Understanding types of dependencies:
a.
Mandatory i.
Defined by the type of work being performed and determined by the project team
b.
Discretionary i.
Defined by the project team and is based on past experience
c.
Internal i.
Used in projects in which activities and tasks identify the amount of work to be done
d.
External i.
Impacts project activities and are defined between non-project activities and project activities
12.
Which of the following inputs defines the summary milestone schedule and project approval requirements that will influence the management of the project schedule?
a.
Project charter
13.
You are the project manager of the GHY project. In this project, the project team has identified a series of tasks that must be completed in a particular order. The studs for the walls must be erected, then the electrical wiring must be installed, the drywalling can happen. This series of relationships describes what type of dependencies?
a.
Mandatory
14.
What factor should be considered by the project manager while estimating project duration?
a.
Law of diminishing returns
15.
Ruthanna is project manager of the HGB project for her organization. This project is remodeling of a client’s dentist office. Ruthanna and the project team have identified several tasks which can
happen in any order. For example, the team could install the new light fixtures before or after the carpet is installed. What term is given to activities that have this type of dependency?
a.
Discretionary
16.
Which tool is used by the project manager to forecast the effects of changes to the project schedule model and to track planned dates versus actual dates?
a.
Project management information system (PMIS)
17.
Which approach uses short cycles for undertaking work, reviewing the results, and is adapted as required?
a.
Agile
18.
You are a project manager of the TTH project. You and your team are arranging activities and adding lead or lag time between activities?
a.
Sequence activities
19.
You are a project manager of NHG project. The following figure represents your project network diagram. Management has asked you to add some features to the project scope. Through the change control system these changes are approved, and they’ll affect Activity I. the duration of the Activity I, which is on the critical path, will decrease by three days. What affect does this have on the critical path?
a.
The critical path will now take 23 days
20.
Which of the following are elements that make up the schedule management plan?
a.
Performance measurement rules
b.
Release iteration length
c.
Organizational procedures links
21.
Identify The Control Schedule process inputs
a.
Project documents
b.
Organizational process assets
c.
Work performance data
d.
Project management plan
22.
You are analyzing the project network diagram for a project and are coaching Mary on the concept of float. What is a free float?
a.
The amount of time for which a task can be delayed without delaying the start of the next activity.
23.
You have been assigned as the project manager for a new project that involves developing a design for a new construction. You have begun estimating the activity durations and have obtained feedback from your project team. However, your project team members have
expressed some uncertainty about their estimate due to the nature of the project. In addition, your company has not done a similar project before. In this scenario, what is the most likely technique that you could use to ensure you improve the estimation accuracy?
a.
Three-point estimate
24.
Which process provides the key benefit of maintaining the schedule baseline throughout the project?
a.
Control Schedule
25.
Understanding the define activities process outputs
a.
Activity List
i.
Contains all the schedule activities that will be performed for the project
b.
Milestone List
i.
Records the major requirements of the project and marks the completion of major deliverables
c.
Activities attribute
i.
Describes the characteristics of the activities
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